Marketing Communications in Tourism and Hospitality
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Marketing Communications in Tourism and Hospitality Concepts, Strategies and Cases Scott McCabe AMSTERDAM BOSTON HEIDELBERG LONDON OXFORD NEW YORK PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier
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To Lisa, Kieran and Harry.
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Contents List of Figures List of Tables List of Plates List of Case Studies Acknowledgements xiv xvi xvii xviii xix Chapter 1: Positioning Marketing Communications for Tourism and Hospitality 1 Introduction Defining Marketing Communications for Tourism and Hospitality 2 Defining Tourism 2 Defining Hospitality 4 Marketing Communications in Tourism and Hospitality 5 Integrated Marketing Communications 8 Marketing Communications Characteristics in Tourism and Hospitality 9 Tourism and Hospitality Marketing Communications: Concepts, Strategies and Cases 11 Summary 14 Part 1 19 Chapter 2: Communications Theory and Applications 21 Introduction 22 Models and Concepts of Communications Theories 23 Early Mass Communications Theories 24 vii
Contents Marketing Communications Transmission Models 28 Criticisms of the Transmission Models of Communication 29 Multi-modal Communications Models 30 Relational and Network Models of Communications 32 Communications Effects 34 Semiotics and the Communication of Meanings 37 Summary 41 Chapter 3: The Marketing Communications Environment 47 Introduction 48 The Global Context of Tourism and Hospitality Services 50 The Function of the Marketing Department 52 Strategic Function 53 Operations Function 53 Research Function 54 Processes of the Marketing Department 54 The Marketing Planning Process 55 Environment Scanning 56 Political and Legal Factors 58 Economic Factors 59 Sociocultural Factors 61 Technological Factors 62 Environment (Natural/Physical) 63 Media Environment 66 Marketing Communications Industry 66 Marketing Communications Industry Operations 67 The Regulatory Framework of Marketing Communications 69 Organisational Ethics 69 Advertising Standards and Miscommunication 70 Regulation in Advertising 72 Summary 74 Chapter 4: Consumer Roles in Marketing Communications 79 Introduction 80 Consumer Behaviour Theory 82 The Cognitive Paradigm 84 The Reinforcement Paradigm 84 The Habit Paradigm 85 Consumer Behaviour and Tourism and Hospitality Services 85 viii
Contents Consumers and Markets for Tourism and Hospitality Services 86 Generic versus Variant Service Markets 86 Marketing Analysis 87 What the Organisation Needs to Know about Consumers Behaviour 88 Consumer Characteristics Who? 90 Decision and Purchase Characteristics When? 93 Consumer Motivations Why? 94 Buying Behaviour Patterns What? 99 Distribution and Access Where? 100 Purchase Characteristics Which Methods? 101 Summary 101 Part 2 111 Chapter 5: Marketing Communications and Organisational Strategy 113 Introduction 114 Organisational Strategy Formulation 114 Marketing Orientation 117 Competing Approaches to a Marketing Orientation 119 The Services Marketing Triangle 121 Enabling the Promise 122 Making the Promise 122 Delivering the Promise 123 Competitive Strategies 123 Cost Leadership 124 Differentiation 125 Focus 127 Stuck in the Middle 128 Generic Competitive Issues in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector 128 Value Chain 130 Position in the Market 132 IMCs as Strategic Choice 133 Summary 134 Chapter 6: Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning 143 Introduction 144 The Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Process 145 Marketing Planning and the STP Process 145 Market Segmentation 147 Defi ning Segmentation 147 ix